United States
Clinton, Obama Campaign for Tough, Untrusting Crowd of US Gun Owners
Chicago Tribune
18 Apr 2008
ALBURTIS, Pennsylvania -- Their passion is on display, table by table, row by row. Six-shooter revolvers, World War II-era rifles, plastic automatics, AK-47s, knives as long as your forearm, Nazi memorabilia, sniper scopes, hunting shotguns, bullets, shells, stickers ("If You Come In This Door, You Will Be Killed"). It's a drizzly, chilly morning in this tiny eastern Pennsylvania town, but the muddy parking lot outside the low-slung cinder block community center for the gun show is full. Fathers linger over displays with their sons. Vendors crack jokes and swap stories. To them, the scene is as American as a baseball game. But here, political... ( gunpolicy.org )
Zimbabwe, South Africa
Global Gun Control Group Seeks Court Order to Block Ammo to Zimbabwe
SW Radio Africa (London)
18 Apr 2008
The South African government has said that it is determined to allow the export of a consignment of Chinese weapons and ammunition to the Zimbabwe Defence Forces. AB Logistics is the state owned transport section of the South African Defence Forces, and they have been approached to handle this large shipment of weapons and ammunition to Zimbabwe. A number of private companies backed out of the contract. Not necessarily because of moral considerations, but because of concerns about the Zimbabwe government's ability to pay the costs. South African dock workers have refused to unload the cargo as their union says it does not agree with the government's position.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Illinois Violence Prevention Groups See Obama as a 'Friend' of Gun Control
New York Sun
18 Apr 2008
WASHINGTON -- Some Illinois gun control advocates recall Senator Obama as a "friend" who represented a "solid vote" in favor of increased restrictions on firearm sales, but they said he was never forced to vote on an all-out ban on handguns as a member of the state Senate. Mr. Obama's position on guns is drawing renewed scrutiny following Wednesday night's Democratic debate, when the Illinois senator said he never favored a handgun ban, even though a 1996 questionnaire in his name indicated he did. The candidate questionnaire was filed with a nonprofit group, Independent Voters of Illinois-Independent Precinct Organization, during Mr. Obama's first run... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
NRA Executive Wayne LaPierre Blasts Obama, Clinton in Tennessee Visit
Kingsport Times-News (Tennessee)
18 Apr 2008
KINGSPORT -- National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre took aim Friday night at Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's recent comment that people in small-town America are "bitter about their lives and that's why they cling to their guns and their religion." LaPierre, speaking to about 200 people at an event organized by the Tennessee Conservative Political Action Committee, claimed Obama's remark was a peek into how "the elites" think about people. "It was and sounded like an arrogant statement from an out-of-touch elitist," LaPierre said. "Senator Obama opposes people having guns in their homes for self-defense while... ( gunpolicy.org )
Zimbabwe, South Africa
Shipload of Guns, Ammunition Heads to Zimbabwe Through South Africa
Daily Mail (UK)
18 Apr 2008
Fears of bloody crackdown in Zimbabwe grew last night as a shipload of weapons bound for the country docked in South Africa ready to be transported across the border. South Africa said if the papers were in order it had no plans to interfere with the shipment from China of 77 tonnes of weapons -- including mortars, ammunition and rocket-held grenades -- despite the growing international outcry over Zimbabwe's failure to declare the results of the presidential election three weeks ago. The ship's arrival at the port of Durban came amid fears that violence could erupt in Zimbabwe if the political stalemate over the March 29 elections remains unresolved.... ( gunpolicy.org )
United States
Should Floridians Be Allowed to Take Guns in Cars to Work? Yes and No
Kansas City Star (Missouri) / Pro-Con, Opinion
18 Apr 2008
PRO-CON: Should employees be allowed to keep guns in cars at work? No After years of wimping around, Florida lawmakers finally passed a law that will allow you to bring your favorite firearm to work, providing you leave it locked in your vehicle. In the past, deranged employees who wanted to mow down their boss and colleagues had to drive all the way home to fetch their guns. It was the waste of a perfectly good lunch hour, not to mention the gasoline. Soon, however, any simmering paranoid with a concealed-weapons permit will legally be able to take his firearms to work. If a supervisor rebukes him for surfing porn sites, or a co-worker makes... ( gunpolicy.org )
Zimbabwe, South Africa
South Africa Lets Pass 3 Million Rounds of AK-47 Ammunition for Zimbabwe
Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg)
18 Apr 2008
DURBAN -- The South African government is determined to allow the export of a large consignment of Chinese weapons and ammunition to the Zimbabwe Defence Force (ZDF). The Mail & Guardian has confirmed that AB Logistics, state-owned Armscor's transport arm, has been approached to handle the transport of the weapons to Zimbabwe, after several private logistics firms backed out of the transport contract because of the sensitive cargo and concerns about the ability of the Zimbabwean government to pay the transport costs. The government's role flies in the face of growing evidence of a campaign of human rights abuse intended to intimidate supporters of the... ( gunpolicy.org )
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